It's valentine's day so why not bring up this minor cult classic (apparently that's what it is)...in fact I only got this DVD the other week after wanting to see it for years, not least because the band that took their name from this film (My Bloody Valentine, duh) are probably one of my favourite bands ever.

okay probably a few of you have already seen this anyway, but for some reason I expected this to be a kind of low-key creepy movie with some dark suspense. it's actually about as scary as an episode of scooby doo, and about as fun to watch as well. loads of really blatant corny humour, token drunk teens partying, very cheesy soundtrack. it's not scary but there are a couple of gore 'shockers' along the way, head falling out of a dry-cleaner being the best. and the inevitable 'twist' at the end isn't actually that suprising even though it would be hard to guess it.

I seen it many moons ago on it's Showtime premiere in the 80's. Unfortuantaly, not since.What I DO rembeber is that I was sick and tired of blatant HALLOWEEN rip-offs (and yes-FRIDAY the 13th was one of them). But....I really did enjoy this one...if nothing other than the fact that it seemed to be having a lot of fun with itself (ew!) and I was able to kick back and not take it too seriously either.

I bought this DVD awhile back when I was filling in my collection with post-HALLOWEEN "mad slasher" movies (MADMAN, DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE, HELL NIGHT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, etc.) It's another run-of-the-mill flick in this genre . . . but a mad-slasher collection would not be complete without this title.

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"Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me either. Just pretty much leave me the hell alone."

But who can truly forget the song during the end credits, namely the "Ballad of Harry Warden." Its cheesy to the max but dang it, it's a pretty catchy little folk ballad. I have an mp3 of said song and will be posting it on my site this weekend for anyone that is interested.

I haven't heard of this, but I do love the band. I didn't know they took their name from a film. I will have to see if I can find a copy, even if I have to get it on VHS.

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"To be bitter is to attribute intent and personality to the formless, infinite, unchanging and unchangeable void. We drift on a chartless, resistless sea. Let us sing when we can, and forget the rest..."-H.P. Lovecraft

I remember when I first saw this on cable about 82 I was 8. my older brother and sister caught me watching the movie with them. That scene with that dead old woman's body in the dryer that freak me out.

My Bloody Valentine is one of my favorite, "non-franchise", slashers of the 80s. It's not as formulaic as most of the films in the genre from the time and it's just an interesting damn film all around. The mines make for a great place to have a climax of a horror film, and this film delivers with the kills and such.

The film is quite heavily cut from it's original form. At the time of it's release, Paramount had to cut the hell out of it to get an R rating, despite George Mihlaka's protests. The cut footage still exists, but Paramount didn't listen to the fans and released the DVD in it's regular form. I'm still holding out for an uncut DVD release, but it looks like the chances of seeing one are quite dim.

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__________________________________________________________"The greatest medicine in the world is human laughter. And the worst medicine is zombie laughter." -- Jack Handey

A bald man named Savalas visited me last night in a dream. I think it was a Telly vision.

That is a big improvement - why the release companies muck around with the original artwork on movies for the DVD covers is beyond me. Sacrelige, I say!

But yeah, this is one of those I'd read about back in the day in Fangoria, seen some cool promo pics for it therein, saw the TV ads and even caught bits and pieces of it here and there late at night on TV but have never seen the whole thing. I sure would like to, if just for historic purposes of seeing one of the also-rans of that period that never made it into "series territory".

That is a big improvement - why the release companies muck around with the original artwork on movies for the DVD covers is beyond me. Sacrelige, I say!

But yeah, this is one of those I'd read about back in the day in Fangoria, seen some cool promo pics for it therein, saw the TV ads and even caught bits and pieces of it here and there late at night on TV but have never seen the whole thing. I sure would like to, if just for historic purposes of seeing one of the also-rans of that period that never made it into "series territory".